Former
South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) arrives for her trial at the
Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on May 23, 2017. Park Geun-Hye was
due in court on May 23 to face trial over the massive corruption
scandal that led to her stunning downfall.<br />Ahn Young-joon /
POOL / AFP
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park
Geun-hye will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for corruption,
reports said Monday.
Park, 66, who was removed from office over a massive corruption
scandal last year, was convicted of multiple criminal charges including
bribery and abuse of power at a trial earlier this month.
She has boycotted all court hearings since October, claiming unfair treatment.
On Monday Park submitted an appeal waiver to the Seoul Central
District Court to override an appeal filed by her younger sister last
week, Yonhap news agency cited court officials as saying.
But an appeal hearing will nonetheless take place as prosecutors are seeking harsher punishment.
The Yonhap report said Park would boycott the process.
The wide-ranging corruption scandal which broke last year prompted
massive street protests against Park across the country and led to her
impeachment.
Park and her close confidante Choi Soon-sil were the key figures in
the scandal involving charges of graft, influence-peddling and taking
bribes from corporate bigwigs in exchange for policy favours.
Park is the third former South Korean leader to be convicted on
criminal charges after leaving office, joining Chun Doo-hwan and Roh
Tae-woo. They were both found guilty of treason and corruption in the
1990s.
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